Man evades deputies, bitten by dog

SOLANA BEACH  A man who was driving the wrong way on Interstate 5 early Saturday morning in Solana Beach wound up getting bitten by a sheriff’s dog after leading deputies on a chase, authorities said.

Deputies saw the man driving against traffic near Lomas Santa Fe Drive just before 4 a.m., said Lt. Jason Vickery. The deputies attempted to stop him, but he continued to a nearby storage business on Stevens Avenue.

Vickery said the man then ran from the car and jumped over a fence. Deputies surrounded the business and called in a canine team to search for him.

Once found, Vickery said the man refused to comply with instructions and was bitten by the dog.

The injured man was taken to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido for treatment, then arrested and booked at the Vista jail on suspicion of drunken driving and failure to yield.